BAE Systems Selects Echodyne EchoShield Radar for BATS Counter-Drone Integration
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BAE Systems selected Echodyne’s EchoShield radar for integration into its Anti Threat System (BATS), adding a sensor to the platform’s counter-drone operations. The integration is designed to provide persistent airspace data for detecting, classifying and tracking potential drone threats before operators coordinate a response. The announcement followed BAE Systems’ live trials of BATS in Scotland, which demonstrated how the system brings multiple sensors and effectors together through a single command-and-control architecture.
BATS is a modular, software-defined counter-uncrewed aircraft system that connects sensors, intelligence feeds, command-and-control tools and countermeasures through a secure data core. EchoShield uses Echodyne’s proprietary metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA) radar technology to provide persistent tracks, threat classification and location data. Its compact size, weight and power requirements support different deployment scenarios. BAE Systems says the radar data can help BATS make rapid decisions and connect operators with appropriate countermeasures while maintaining human control.
BAE Systems has not disclosed a timeline for completing the EchoShield integration. BATS is designed to scale from individual-site protection to wider-area coverage and to integrate with existing and future air defense systems, sensors and command-and-control platforms. The system’s integration progress and the role of EchoShield in the BATS architecture remain monitoring points.
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Echodyne radar strengthens BAE Systems’ drone detection capabilities
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